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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, if you've got some explanation for DC's achievement gap other than generational poverty, I'm all ears.  Maybe you have some insight that others don't have.  Make a list for us.[/quote]

Obviously generational poverty (caused by racism btw) is part of the achievement gap. But not all poor black kids have awful families, and many of them do well and care about their kids and school.  My objection is to the screed by the OP basically declaring all black families and kids in her child's school as ignorant and abusive and uneducable alongside her own child. [/quote]

Don't overlook the fact that Watkins is only 1/3 FARM.  That's not insignificant but it's far lower than elsewhere in the system, certainly lower than Payne and Miner and it doesn't have the benefit of affluent gentrifiers using ECE seats to drive down overall percentage of FARM.[/quote]

^^ and I'll add that FARM % about he same % as IB and both are higher than the percentage of white students. Even if you make the broad speculative assumption that no white students are FARM  that's 2/3 of the school not being FARM or white.  PPs pointing out racial disparities in outcomes are right to wonder why POC are not getting the same outcomes as their white peers.[/quote]

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